You guys have a cervice that's free nights & week ends? The best we have is one hour at a reduced rate, and thats not on all packages. Using a cell as a modem is not really practicle economically here. (South Africa) We also pay per minute on local calls, as well as after hours. George ----- Original Message ----- From: "Picdude" To: Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2003 5:21 AM Subject: Re: [ot]: anyone using a cell phone with their modem? BTW, on the plan I had, it was a flat $5 per month, and all modem usage was just taken off as part of my regular minutes (such as free on nights and weekends). Cheers, -Neil. On Tuesday 19 August 2003 22:04, Picdude scribbled: > I've used Sprint's service for this, but not really with the RJ11 part, > since the modem is built into the cellphone. You need a data cable that > connects the phone to the laptop's serial port, then use a dial-up app that > Sprint provides. Works decently, but is slow (~9600bps). It's been a live > saver though, when I've needed to get something on a long trip. One > example was rupturing a tire in the middle of nowhere and had been planning > to change tire brand/model, so I dialed-up from the side of the highway and > emailed some friends and my local Audi club. About an hour later I dialed > up again, and had recommendations and info on tire-stores along my path who > had that tire in stock. Technology, baby! > > However, Sprint's service and signal quality has declined to practically > nil in the past year, even after changing phones as per their > recommendation, and phone tests by them. So I dumped them. I now use > T-mobile who has much better signal quality, but haven't tried their modem > system yet. > > Cheers, > -Neil. > > On Tuesday 19 August 2003 21:17, rad0 scribbled: > > I want to get a cell phone that my laptop will > > be able to use its modem with the same as a > > land line, using the rj11 and autodial and so on. > > > > Is this possible? I'm going to check sprint first, > > anyone have any experience with a specific phone? > > > > Thanks -- http://www.piclist.com hint: To leave the PICList mailto:piclist-unsubscribe-request@mitvma.mit.edu -- http://www.piclist.com hint: PICList Posts must start with ONE topic: [PIC]:,[SX]:,[AVR]: ->uP ONLY! [EE]:,[OT]: ->Other [BUY]:,[AD]: ->Ads